Vulture Club!

This morning, I received the funniest phone call from my good friend, Rick, who lives in Port Aransas! “Cousin Nancy, I just read your blog, and I tried to post my VW bus story, but it wouldn’t take! So, I decided to give you a call, so you could tell me how to post a comment on your blog.”

“Hi Rick!” I said. “I have no idea, why it wouldn’t let you leave a comment, in fact, a few of my friends have told me the same thing. Please tell me your story.”

“In the 60’s, I was in a VW bus, with about five friends, and we were headed to a concert. We were rolling on down the road, when a buzzard hit the windshield and came right through it and began vomiting on all of us! We pulled off the road, opened the slide door and the buzzard flew off!”

“Oh my gosh, Rick!” I said. “How horrible! Did y’all still go to the concert?”

“Heck no,” Rick answered. “We were covered in buzzard vomit!”

I started laughing and could not quit, and then Rick started laughing. “That is a great story, Rick—gross but funny. And, please don’t tell me y’all were headed to a Byrds concert.” Then we started laughing again. “Did the Bryrds ever come to Fort Worth?”

“I don’t know, I was living in South Carolina back then.”

“Rick, have you told that story to John Kemmerly? He would love it, because he wrote a great children’s book, ‘Velma The Vomiting Vulture.”

“No, I haven’t told John, but I will, the next time I see him.”

“Here are some possible titles for your story,” I said. How about:‘The VW Vomit Van’ or ‘The Buzzard Bus’ or ‘VW Van Vulture Club!’”

Rick started laughing. “Bye.”

It is now 3:52. Tony has just walked in, with his laptop, to show me the coolest VW bus! Please check it out at: www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=620675

I will end this blog with the words from the song ‘Magic Bus’ by the Who—‘I want it! I want it! I want it...”
P.S. Kinky called this morning to tell me that my book is still selling at the Austin airport and he will see what he can do to help me get a VW Bus!